2nd Battle of Negapatam


 

2nd Battle of Negapatnam 

Jul 6th 1782

  

HMXMS denotes French ships.

HBMS denotes british ships.

 

French Ships

 

#

Ships

Commander

Guns

Notes

Sources

1

Flamand

de Cuverville

50

 

B091 

2

Annibal

de Tromelin

74

 

B091 

3

Sévère

de Villeneuve Cillart

64

 

B091 

4

Brillant

de saint Félix

64

 

B091 

5

Heros

Bailli de Suffren, de Moissac

74

 

B091 

6

Sphinx

vicomte du Chilleau

64

 

B091 

7

Annibal

de Galles

50

Little Annibal

B091 

8

Artesien

Maurville

64

 

B091 

9

Vengeur

Chevalier de Forbin

64

 

B091

10

Bizarre

de Lalandelle

64

 

B091 

11

Orient

la Pallière

74

 

B091 

 

11 ships of the line

 

706 guns

 

 

 

British Ships

The British Fleet

British Battle Line of Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Edward Hughes

Ship Name

Guns

Commander

Notes

Hero

74

Hawker

 

Exeter

64

King

 

Isis

50

Thomas Lumley

 

Burford

70

Peter Rainier

 

Sultan

74

 Watt

 

Superb

74

 Maclellan

Flagship

Monarca

68

 Gell

 

Worcester

64

Wood

 

Monmouth

64

James Alms

 

Eagle

64

Ambrose Reddall

 

Magnanime

64

 Wolfely

 


 

Losses

 

#

British

Situation

Number

French

Situation

Number**

1

officers

Killed

 

 

officers

Killed

 6

4

seamen and soldiers

Killed

 

 

seamen and soldiers

Killed

 168

5

seamen and soldiers

Wounded

 

 

seamen and soldiers

Wounded

 602

 

Total british losses

 

 

 

Total french losses

 

 776

 

 

Notes

 During the battle, the Sévère, by order of is captain, Monsieur de Cillard, strucked his flag to the Sultan of 74. Its officers, and its brave crew, surprised by the cowardly action of their captain, did not consent to the surrender of the ship and continued firing at the enemy. The day after the battle, Captain Watt, commanding the Sultan was ordered by Admiral Hughes to make a claim his capture against the Bailli de Suffren. This was refused by the Bailli, giving as a pretext that a halyard as been cut during the action.

 

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